No, you are not overreaction. I've never heard of a professional
cleaning person bringing her children along on the job. I would find a
new cleaning person.

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Many years ago, my husband and I were part of a dinner club where four
families would take turns having the other families over for dinner.
One of the families had a small child who started chasing my cats. The
cats responded by running into the bedroom to hide under the beds. When
the child attempted to follow the cats into the bedroom. I said to the
child (very nicely): "My cats don't like to be chased. They ran in the
bedroom for privacy. If they want to play, they'll come out later."
Well, the child began to cry, and the mother rebuked me, saying that
her child wasn't used to be scolded by anyone other than his parents. I
thought to myself: "Too bad! Then, maybe she should have scolded him
before I needed to." In my house, the needs of a child to chase my cats
DOES NOT take priority over the needs of the cats to be free from
harassment.

A few years later when we were having dinner at their house (the child
was a little older then and had a sister), the family was taking care
of their neighbor's litter of kittens (obviously, the neighbors had
allowed the mother cat to roam and had not had her spayed). The
children were playing catch with one of the kittens. The parents
watched and said nothing. I was mortified and again put a stop to that.
They were also quite happy to share with us that another neighbor's cat
who was permitted to roam outside had originally been adopted from a
no-kill shelter where part of the agreement was that the cat would be
inside only. At any rate, we discontinued our relationship with these
people after that.

I think you should tell your cleaning lady that she needs to leave the
child at home. If she doesn't comply, hire somebody else.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

"nay" <reneydavids@polka.co.za> wrote in news:1169650650.458984.168340@
13g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:

Your house, your money, your rules. If she's really good and you would
have a hard time finding another cleaning lady, tell her this is her
final warning.  If she's not so good and there are other cleaners
around, give her her notice AFTER she has cleaned your house and is
about to leave (to minimize any damage she might do to your house out of
spite.)

Bobble

You are not overreacting.  She's wrong to bring her child to work in the
first place, and the child must learn to treat animals properly -- who
better to teach him than his mother.

ep

get rid of this woman immediately, do not allow her into your house
ever again, get another cleaner or do it yourself, do not feel guilty
about it at all if anything SHE should feel guilty about what her
nasty, undisciplined offspring did to your cat. Your cats have a right
to enjoy their home free from harrassment by a badly brought up brat
and if she does not agree then get rid of her. Christ, I would have
given her her marching orders immediately and not even given it another
thought.

why is she bringing her obviously savage son to your house when she
cleans anyway? what if he breaks something whilst she is there, which
considering the way he has behaved so far seems likely to me.

please post back and tell us you have given her the boot, I don't like
the idea of your cats being exposed to this horrible little demon
again, if you really love your cats you will do it.

bookie

First that is unprofessional of a person (s) to bring their child to
another's home while providing cleaning services specially if unannounced.
Get another cleaning service they are a dime a dozen around the world.

Second if any "child" as you described did this to my furballs.  The "child"
and his mother would have ended up on their a.s out of my house if they
didn't listen.  If he would have grabbed Phantom's, Spirit's or Rumble's
tail that child would have been shredded.

In this sue happy world all it takes is a a.shole judge to see the others
point of view and you can loose everything.  Heed this warning

This happened when a friend  brought his grandson to "my" house.  He saw my
cats and went after them screaming all the way till an abrupt stop in midair
when I snatched him by his suspenders and handed him back to his
grandfather.  I told him if he touches the cats the will rip him to shreds
and I won't stop him next time.  My friend makes sure his grandson is close
by but now he is old enough to understand  but still NO TOUCH.

No, you're not overreating.  She should not bring a child of *any* age.  I
would tell her you no longer need her services (you can be diplomatic about
it) and look for someone else.  Incidentally, this could also protect you
from possible liability.  If the child were to fall and injure himself, it's
possible you could be held financially liable.

MaryL